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Zen 4 still feels quite new , but AMD is already preparing to establish its Zen 5 architecture in 2024 , with AMD Ryzen 8000 processors now on the horizon .

young leaks shed some twinkle on the upcoming cow chip , and while a lot is still uncertain , one thing is well-defined — AMD is sticking to a slightly controversial design choice thatsets it apart from Intel : keeping the same gist count .

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D installed in a motherboard.

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It ’s worth mark that it ’s not a surprise to get wind that AMD Ryzen 8000 “ Granite Ridge ” chip are already well into their product cycle . According to the exclusive shared byMoore ’s Law Is beat , AMD may be readying for launching in the last quarter of 2024 . However , a slew still stay on unreadable when it comes to this generation of chip .

The slide that Moore ’s Law Is deadened show in its late video bear on to Granite Ridge in the context of AMD ’s server road mapping , so it ’s hard to tell apart whether these are consumer chips or not . On the other deal , that does n’t chuck out the fact that AMD might be working on both types of chips .

There look to be more similarities between Zen 4 and Zen 5 than some might have expected . For one , as state earlier , the upcoming CPUs are aver to come with the same core reckoning as Zen 4 , meaning a level best of 16 cores . This is an interesting pick that definitely vary from what Intel is doing these days , which is chasing high pith count .

Similarly , the thermal design power ( TDP ) for the Zen 5 CPUs is said to place between 65 W and 170 watt . As perTechRadar , these specification could give us an up to 10 % to 15 % increase in frequency while maintaining the power consumption of Zen 4 .

Wccftechreports that this should be an embedded lineup , intend that the chips would be integrated directly onto the motherboard , with no chance of swapping or upgrading . However , it also points out that they should also feature support on a socketed platform — so the regular consumer - level CPU Leslie Townes Hope go on . In fact , the desktop CPU family is said to be launching way ahead of the imbed silicon chip .

As for the architecture , rumor has it that AMD may be swop to TSMC ’s 3 New Mexico cognitive operation node , although 4 millimicron is still possible . In any case , the Zen 5 CORE are to be codification - name Nirvana . It seems that AMD is hard aim a symmetricalness between performance and efficiency as opposed to pushing for raw numbers the mode Intel sometimes does in some of itstop CPUs .

While the determination to keep the same heart counts is controversial to some , AMD seems to be gearing up for serious upgrade in Zen 5 , including a redesigned cache and improved AI capabilities . With the launch predicted to be over a year aside , it ’ll be a while before we can recognise anything for certain .